EDITOR’S NOTE: Now that all of the celebration of the New Year is over please take a few minutes to recall all of our relatives, friends and neighbors who died in 2024.
The following are the names of those whose obituaries and death notices appeared in the Tri-City Record issues of 2024.
January 4 Issue
Arthur Hawkins of Benton Harbor; Margaret G. Soderborg of Watervliet; Galen “Skip” Blough of Watervliet; Brian C. Durham of Coloma; Anita K. Friend formerly of Coloma; Ronald E. Rowe of Coloma; Laura E. Hagenbarth of Watervliet; Peggy Jo Grunewald formerly of Watervliet
January 11 Issue
Harley W. Vollrath of Paw Paw; Corrine Dubitz of Benton Harbor; Ernest Sandberg of Coloma; Brian Prescott of Coloma; Clifford W. Clapsaddle of Coloma; Donald Ridenour II of Stevensville; Bill Clouse of Tennessee; David N. Simmons II formerly of Coloma
January 18 Issue
Betty S. Bishop of Riverside; Marion D. “Wayne” Brewer of Coloma; Ross E. “Sonny” Smith of Lawrence; Walter C. Patzer Jr. of Bainbridge Twp.; Robert G. Fredricks Sr. of Benton Twp.; David Freehling of Hartford; Charles M. Abrams of Coloma; Daniel R. Beaman of Hartford; William Selby of Coloma
January 25 Issue
Mark Bolin of Watervliet; Patricia Dixon of Watervliet; Raymond E. Burns of Watervliet; Jerry Tarantino of Hartford; Modesto Reyna II of Coloma; Sharon McAlhany of St. Joseph
February 1 Issue
James Scheid of Coloma; Thomas H. Cole of Mattawan; Jerry R. Tarantino of Hartford; Jeanine D. Baldwin of Coloma; Carol J. Post of Coloma; Robert Barker of Benton Twp.; Theola L. Langston-Sharpe formerly of Hartford; Katherine Postelli formerly of Benton Harbor; Thomas F. Bennett of Hartford
February 8 Issue
Lorine L. Joyner of Watervliet; Albert “Tom” Cowgill of Coloma; Donna C. Pechtel of St. Joseph; Pattie A. Andrasi of Benton Harbor; Richard L. Weston of Hartford
February 15 Issue
Patricia L. Scheid of Owosso MI; Bernice C. Barry of Benton Harbor; Emma Ray-Ann Darling of Coloma; Emari Johnson of Watervliet; Mary H. Ervin formerly of Hartford; Nancy Lou DeRosa formerly of Coloma
February 22 Issue
Rev. Raymond Bittner, formerly of Coloma; Kimberly Ann Brubaker-Trott of Hartford; Elaine J. Woolcott of Hendersonville, NC; Gayle A. Deas of St. Joseph; Bruce A. Durham of Coloma; Keith A. Yerington formerly of Hartford
February 29 Issue
Sue Stampfly of Coloma; Betty L. Jones of Watervliet; Sara E. Jeffery of Buchanan; Sharon K. Bassett of Dowagiac; Eldon Geyer formerly of Coloma; Russell M. Eftink of St. Joseph; William A. Yore Jr. of St. Joseph
March 7 Issue
Theodore T. Attila of Watervliet; Faye E. Blum of Hartford; Becky Ryan of Watervliet; Mary Jo Snyder of Watervliet; Daniel W. Terhune of Watervliet; Veronica S. Cardoso of Lawrence; Scott D. Koehler of Kalamazoo
March 14 Issue
Gerald E. Parrigin of Coloma; Tonda S. Chronister of Coloma; Wayne Fortune of Watervliet; Colin D. Cowan of Stevensville; Leonard E. Sempert formerly of Benton Harbor; Ruth E. Yeske of St. Joseph
March 21 Issue
Paul L. “Larry” Soderborg of Coloma; Victoria Migala formerly of Watervliet; Imogene M. Boyd of Hartford; Martin Dixon of Watervliet; Marv Dickey of Watervliet; Martha A. Greendonner formerly of Stevensville; Marty H. Wilson of Coloma
March 28 Issue
Jacquelyn M. Hauch of Watervliet; Dirk E. Knuth of Hartford; Jimmie B. Hill of Benton Harbor; Patricia Hippensteel of Dowagiac; Kimberly Jo Staggs of Woodsfield OH; John Dorn Sr. of Stevensville; Robert N. McCormick of Watervliet
April 4 Issue
Jerry D. Robinson Jr. formerly of Coloma; Norma A. DiVanni of St. Joseph; Richard G. Matthias of Stevensville; Timothy J. Lucker of St. Joseph; Wilma I. Bauschke of Watervliet; Donald “Griz” Gephart of St. Joseph; Mary Pumfery of Watervliet; Betty I. Arnt of Eau Claire
April 11 Issue
Nathan Scherer formerly of Hartford; Freda Smith of Covert; Arlene Barchett of Watervliet; Richard W. Dibble of Hagar Twp.
April 18 Issue
Ernest L. Crawford of Covert Twp.; Pamela R. Williams of Hartford; Sharon K. Smith of St. Joseph; Larry S. Nelson of Hartford; Meredith Fowler of St. Joseph
April 24 Issue
Irma M. Anderson of Hartford
May 2 Issue
Gerald Rosenbaum of Coloma; Betty “Gene” Ashburn formerly of Coloma; Glen M. Giannetti of Watervliet; Ronald L. Dahms of Watervliet; Peggy J. Davis; Arthur Beaman of Hagar Twp.; Donna J. Swisher of Eau Claire
May 9 Issue
Barbara Sage formerly of Coloma; Everett A. Peek of Coloma; Mary “Carol” Winch of Colorado; Steven Lucker of Watervliet; James L. Camfferman of Watervliet; Geneva Garland of Watervliet; Lester R. Beeman of Hartford; Tina Scholten of Hartford
May 16 Issue
Wilbur I. Myers of Coloma; Shirley A. Aviles of Benton Harbor; William Hubert of Watervliet; Allen R. Vanderboegh of Sarasota, FL; Alice M. Boyer of Benton Harbor; Evan Billings of Sister Lakes; Diane K. Miel of Benton Harbor; Steven M. Lucker of Watervliet; Teresa Medrano of Hartford; Brian K. Heppler of Benton Harbor
May 23 Issue
Merlin Hauch of Watervliet; Peter Del Vecchio formerly of Coloma
May 30 Issue
Thomas K. Swisher of Watervliet; Hildred Saxman formerly of Coloma; Merlin C. Hauch of Watervliet; Kathleen M. White formerly Hartford High School; Sandra C. Szynkowski of Watervliet; Jessica Lynn Hanner-Corzine of Coloma
June 6 Issue
Caitlin Baltazar of Coloma; Carl L. Brasier of Coloma; Margaret Baes of Coloma; Margaret F. Ludwig of Coloma; Elaine C. Carlson of Coloma; Cynthia D. Maloney of Coloma; Hartley W. Collins Sr. of Hartford; Ursula E. Harry of Coloma
June 13 Issue
Joan Fox of Watervliet; Donna Rickers of Coloma; Daniel R. Klug of Hartford; Portia Borg formerly of Watervliet; Derik P. Weber of Sister Lakes; Robert L. Hornbarger Jr. of Decatur; Robert W. Scheffler of Bridgman; Terry D. Robinson of Watervliet
June 20 Issue
Frank R. Smith of Watervliet; John L. Martin of Coloma; Jean Rakauski of Eau Claire; Sally Clouse formerly of Hartford; Max W. Graves of Hartford; Josephine C. Perry formerly of Hartford
June 27 Issue
Curtis M. Bryce of Hartford; Helen “Sue” Yingling of New Market, TN; Linda L. Quigley of Coloma; Barbara J. Nord of Coloma; Lester W. Moss Sr. of St. Joseph; Julius Pellegrini of Benton Harbor; Marie E. Pethe of Watervliet; Robert L. Foster of Coloma
July 4 Issue
Ilajean Wolf of Watervliet; Larry A. Follett of Watervliet; Gloria Winans of Hartford; Delores Miller of Hartford; Elaine Miller, formerly of Hartford; Warren R. Howard of Lawrence
July 11 Issue
Robert L. Meachum of Dowagiac; Robert R. Randall formerly of Coloma; Keith D. Pompey of Lawrence; Verlayne J. King & Lloyd L. King of Benton Harbor
July 18 Issue
Warren L. Tyler of Watervliet; Catherine M. Goodrick of Coloma; Iona Nalitt of Coloma; Gorson G. Drake of Watervliet; Joan Ziebarth of St. Joseph; Gary E. Best of Coloma; Patricia M. Kliemann formerly of Coloma; James L. Bunn of Sister Lakes
July 25 Issue
Gorson Drake of Watervliet; Rhonda L. Payne of South Haven
August 1 Issue
Kathryn A. Carava of Seymour, IN; Nancy L. Burchfield of Lawrence; Angela M. Stair of Hartford; Michael P. Kiser of Watervliet; Ibba M. Glaske of Stevensville; David S. Geisler of St. Joseph; Peggy L. Frontczak of Free Soil, MI; Betty J. Taylor of Hartford
August 8 Issue
Keith M. Duffield of Coloma; John Frost formerly of Coloma; Gary J. Tarantino formerly of Coloma; John A. Sassano of Florida; Harold C. Ladendorf of St. Joseph
August 15 Issue
Alton C. Wendzel of Watervliet; Theresa Stark of Hartford; Deborah L. Bergman of St. Joseph; Dwayne L. Tillman Jr. of Watervliet; Francis C. Vermilyer of Watervliet
August 22 Issue
Theresa Stark of Hartford; RoseAnn Nicholas of Watervliet; Almon L. Hoffman of Watervliet; Max L. Kenyon of Watervliet; Hal K. Bundy of Watervliet; Virgil S. Callendar of Benton Harbor; Karol Ann Chabot of Riverside; Esther Turney of St. Joseph; David G. Crumbaugh of Boca Grande, FL; August D. Meyer of St. Joseph
August 29 Issue
Ronald L. Meschke of Coloma; Doris L. Atherton of Coloma; Carol M. Woodward of Hartford; Vern E. “Skip” Enders III formerly of Watervliet; Merlin Grant Harper Jr. of Watervliet; Daniel R. Streick of Benton Harbor; Edward A. Adams of Coloma; Margaret Ann Hurrell of Coloma; William Husek of St. Joseph
September 5 Issue
Debra J. Iliff of Watervliet; Jerry D. Brown of South Haven; Etta M. Little of Benton Twp.; Lorraine R. Rodewald formerly of Watervliet; John P. Svorec formerly of Coloma
September 12 Issue
Beverly J. Machay of Hartford; Scott A. Isbrecht; Louis B. Miller of Coloma; Frank Stoklosa
September 19 Issue
Jack D. Turner of Coloma; William F. “Rick” Ast III of St. Joseph; Betty J. Gungler of Benton Harbor
September 26 Issue
Nancy C. Dings of Coloma; James E. Rogers of Coloma; Kenneth W. Hiler of Coloma; Karen Burnette of Watervliet
October 3 Issue
William D. Sipes of South Bend, IN; Helen “Kay” Janke of Benton Harbor; June F. Butler of Watervliet; Jack D. Turner of Coloma; Laurie Mathon formerly of Watervliet; Joan A. Duday of Watervliet; Lloyd E. Spoonholtz of Eau Claire; Matthew S. Webber of Watervliet; Charles Snider of Piggott, AR
October 10 Issue
Mary F. Collis of Coloma; Donna J. Johnson of Hartford; Hayden E. Stair of Hartford; Geraldine Frazier of Watervliet; Dorothy M. O’Connell of St. Joseph; Virgil E. Schmaltz formerly of Bainbridge Center; Patricia A. Neumann of St. Joseph; Dave A. Fuller Jr. of Hartford; Rhonda K. Jordan of Florida
October 17 Issue
Ada M. Wetzel of Coloma; Kelly A. Justice of Watervliet; Noreen K. Sonnenberg of St. Joseph; Michael E. Schneider of St. Joseph; Rodney G. Robinson of Eau Claire; Betty H. Gnodtke of Buchanan; Joseph A. Davison-Harden of Coloma; Avis M. Austin of Watervliet; Cora Al Nadabi of Hartford; Lloyd E. Spoonholtz of Eau Claire
October 24 Issue
George D. Harper of Coloma; Florence L. Lauck of Hartford; Patsy J. Meachum of Hartford; Arthur R. Scherer of Watervliet; Diana K. Downey of Dowagiac; Judith Eckelbarger formerly of Coloma
October 31 Issue
Patricia Bambrick of Watervliet; Ada “Rose” Follman of Coloma; Virginia Bond of St. Joseph; Amy L. Lausman of Sawyer; Rosemary L. Brown of Hartford; Edwin McLane of Watervliet; Albert Liedtke of Benton Harbor
November 7 Issue
Cynthia Howard of Coloma; Daniel J. Muth of Mountain Grove, Ontario, Canada; Ann M. DenHaan of Coloma; Tony DeLapa of St. Joseph; Debra L. Snider of Baldwin, MI; Jack & Ginger Drach of St. Augustine, FL
November 14 Issue
James Burtchett of Watervliet; Ernest W. Andres Jr. of Bainbridge Twp.; Jean L. Tacy of Watervliet; Betty J. Tillman formerly of Coloma; Beverly K. Wildeman of Kalamazoo; Roger L. Griffith of Coloma; Marilyn Newell of Dowagiac; Carolyn A. Irwin of Watervliet; Michael L. Ament of Lawrence; Barbara L. Jacobo-Pavia of Hartford; Huston A. Dixon of Keeler Twp.; Arthur R. Swisher of Hartford
November 21 Issue
Marjorie Constant of Watervliet; Jackie J. Sullens of Coloma; Linda L. Frazee of Benton Harbor; Joyce A. Thomas of Coloma; Robert A. Puma of Berrien Springs
November 28 Issue
Theresa Kolenko of Watervliet; Patsy S. Stone of Coloma; Raymond E. Birmele of Hartford; Edward Cottrell of Coloma
December 5 Issue
Wathada Thomas of Watervliet; Barbara A. Smart of Benton Harbor; Jill Cardenas of Hartford; Ronald Metz Sr. of Coloma; Joseph M. Appel of Benton Twp.; David H. Denbow of Coloma; Hazel Mix of Hartford; Willie M. Tomlinson of Benton Harbor
December 12 Issue
John H. Bellinger of Benton Harbor; Isabella Bertuca of Coloma; Joyce A. Kraiger of Coloma; Joahnita Paustian of Eau Claire; Antonio Robles of Lawrence; Tim McLemore of Hartford
December 19 Issue
Ryan Crain of Watervliet; Jamie Lynn Thomas of Watervliet
December 26 Issue
Patricia Huff of Benton Harbor; Marvin G. Johnson Jr. of Bainbridge Twp.; Duane A. Kroboth of Sister Lakes; Daun J. Pitcher of Hartford; Jerome H. Pitcher of Hartford